Combination hammock, carpet, rug, and bedding renovator and purifier



Nav. 25, 1924.

C. (D. SEAMAN RUG, AND EEDD-ING RENOVATOR AND PURIFIER coMBINA'rIoN'HAMMocK cAaPET Filed Feb. 13. 1923 Patented Nov. Z5, '31924,

CHARLES O. SEMAN, OF DES MOENES, IO'WA.

COMBINATON HAMMOCK, CARPET, RUG, AND BEDDENG RENOVATOR AND FUBIFIER.

Application filed. February 13, 1923.

To all whom t 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHAnLEs O. SEAMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Des Moines` in the county of Polk and State of lowa, have invented a certain new and useful Combination Hammock, Carpet, Rug, and Bedding Renova-tor and Purifier, of which the following is a specication.

The object of my invention is to provide a combination hammock, carpet, rug and bedding renovator and purifier of simple, durable and inexpensive construction.

A further purpose is to provide such a device having a member which can be used as a hammock or as a supporting device for rugs, bedding and the like, and having an extension wing readily and easily connected with the hammock member for use as a support either resting on legs or hung between other rrigid supporting members.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a device embodying my invention.

Figure 2 shows an elevation of a. device hung in vertical position for beating rugs or the like. Y

Figure 3 shows a side elevation of the hammock portion of the device swung in position to serve as a hammock.

Figure t is an end elevation of a portion of one of the end members, parts being shown in section to illustrate the means for holding the legs in folded position.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-f5 of Figure 2.

I will first describe that portion of my invention, which may serve as a. hammock, This portion of the device comprises two rigid end members indicated in the accompanying drawings by the reference character 10. These end members may be wooden 2 X 2 pieces.

At one end of each end member 10 on the under side thereof is hinged a leg 11. Spaced inwardly from the other end of each member 10, there is another hinged leg 12. The legs 11 and 12 may be folded toward each other to position aligned with each Serial No. 618,757.

other and parallel with the members 10 as illustrated in Figure 2.

The free ends of the legs 11 and 12 have notches 13 to receive engaging members 14, such for instance as are illustrated in Figure Ll, comprising` pins or the like 15, which are inserted into the members 10, and having at their outer ends right-angled extensions 16, which can be turned to position to retain the legs in place when the legs are folded up.

Securedto the end of each member 10 adjacent to the leg` 12 is a receiving socket 1l', the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully explained.

On the faces of the members 10, which are adjacent to each other when the hammock device is extended for use, I provide a series of screw eyes 19.

Secured to one of the screw eyes 19, as for instance at 20, is a rope 21, which is then extended through the opposite screw eye in the other end member 10, thence along the end member 10 to and through the next screw eye, thence back to the first member 1() and through the second screw eye therein, thence along that member 10 and through the third screw eye, and so on, as shown in Figure 2.

Small ropes 22 are secured to the parts of the rope 21, forming cross members, as shown in Figure 2.

The rope 21 and the ropes 22 are fastened together by means of metal rings or otherwise, as may be desired.

Between the members 10, l preferably secure transverse slats 23 to the rope 21,

as shown in Figure 2, by means of staples or the like.

ltwill be obvious that the length of the hammock member, as well as the extension wing hereinafter described, may be varied, by simply lengthening the longitudinally extending ropes, such as the rope 21, and that the width may be varied by varying the length of the end members and the transverse members.

Secured tov the outer faces of the members 10 are eye bolts 24. l secure fastening ropes 25 to the eye bolts 2e by means of snaps 26. At the outer ends of the ropes 25, l extend the ropes through the holes in adjusting devices 27, such as are used on tent ropes, and in the loop of rope between those portions which extend through the holes in the member 27, put a ring 28.

The device just described comprises a hammock, Which can be hung, as shown in Figure 3, by supporting the rings 2S on hooks 29 or any other suitable supports.

The members QT may be adjusted on the ropes 25, as may be desired.

It will be seen that the rings 2S may be released from the hooks 29 and that by turning the portions 16 at right angles to their position shoivn in ligure el, the legs 11 and 12 can be dropped downwardly, so that they will rest on the ground, and a supporting` device almost like a table Vwill be formed.

This device may be anchored by securing the rings 2S to any proper support.

Vhere a larger supporting surtace is required,.1 provide an extension wing 'for the hammock portion ot my device already described.

The extension Wing consists of transverse end members 30, Whichhave secured 'thereto eye bolts 31, similar in structure to the eye bolts 19. A rope 33 is secured to the eye bolts 31 in the same manner as that in Which the rope 21 is secured and threaded through the eye bolts 19.

The strands of the rope 3? are connected by cross ropes 34k, similar to the. cross ropes 22. The rope 33 and the ropes are connected together by metal rings or the like.

Secured to the under :tace of each member 30 near one end is a plate or the like 35, having a portion Which projects beyond the end of the member 30 and is adapted to be received in the socket 1'? on the member' 10 hereinbetore described.

Secured to the opposite ends of each member 30 are eye bolts 36. Ropes 37 have at their ends snaps adapted to be fastened to the eye bolts 8G.

The opposite ends o'I the ropes 37 are extended through members 27 similar to those already described.

Inv the loops thus formed in the ropes 37 are mounted snaps 3S, similar to those already mentioned, which may be snapped into the ring 28. i

Hinged to the under side oit.' each inember 30 near one eye bolt 36 is a leg 10, which has a notch in its ends similar to the notch 13, and may be held in folded position by means of a member 14, such as I have already described above in connection With the explanation of the hammock portion of my device.

By inserting the plates 35 into the socketsA 1'? and lowering the legs 10, as shovvn inlFigure 1, and adjusting the ropes 37, it WillA belseen that a broad supporting sun taceavill be provided on which bedding, rugs or carpets may be aired and puriiied, and on Which rugs and the like may be beaten.

It it is desired to detach the extension Wing from the hammock portion of the device, the ropes 37 are unsnapped from the screw eyes 36, and the. extension Wing can then be removed by withdrawing the plates 35 from the sockets 17.

if it is desirable to hang the device, so that it hangs in a vertical plane for beating rugs or hanging carpets or bedding thereon, I connect the extenson Wing with the hammock portion of the device in the manner hereinbetore described, fold the legs under and secure them in their folded positionand then support the rings 28 on rigid posts or the like. Thereupon by shortening one oi' the ropes 37 and lengthening i the rope Q5 by adjusting the members 27, the device can be made to hang in a vertical plane, as illustrated in Figure 2.

Rugs or carpets can then be placed on the device and beaten or may be sprayed with disinfectant or left inthe sun and air:

1t will be seen that a device of this kind can be used for a great variety ot' purposes. it willV serve asa hammock or can be used as a cot or bed. It may be used as a support for bedding, rugs, and carpets, either for airing them orA holding them While they are beaten.

lt may be hung, as shown in Figure 2, and carpets maybe beaten'thereon or renovated or may be held in positionby means of clothes pins or the like to be subject to the air or Wind. l

Particularly in apartment houses, Where space isan important desideratum, a device of this kind which is easily collapsible un til it can be packed or transported or kept in a very small space, or may be expanded to be used for such a large number of purposes is of great value.

The hammock part is made especially strong, While the extension Wing may be made lighter.

It is obvious that another extension Wing could be placed on the other side of the hammock member by duplicating the parts already described.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the 'parts of my invention, and some additions may be made to it, and itis my intention to cover by my claims, any modified formsvor use ot' mechanical equivalents, which. 'may be reasonably included Within their scope.

I claim as my invention:

1. A. device ofthe classl described, .comprising a hammock member. having spaced end members, flexible longitudinal.members connecting said end members, flexible cross members connecting said longitudinal members, anchoring ropes secured to said end members near the ends thereof, sockets on said end members, an extensionV Wing comprising end members having elementsadapted to enter said. sockets, flexible longitudinal devices connecting said last-named end members, flexible transverse devices connecting said last-named longitudinal devices, anchoring ropes connected with the end members of' the extension Wing at their ends and a common means connecting all the ropes at each end of the entire device.

2. In the device of the class described, a hammock member' having spaced end members, flexible longitudinal cross members and anchoring ropes secured to said members near the ends thereof, sockets on said end members, an extension Wing compris ing end members having elements adapted to enter said sockets, said Wing having flexible longitudinal and cross members, ropes connected with the end members of the extension Wing at the ends thereof, a common means connecting all the ropes at each end of the device, the ropes being each adjustable as to the length, so that the outside ropes at each end of the device may be given different lengths for permitting the device to be hung in a vertical plane and supported by said common means.

3. In a device 0f the class described, a hammock member, having spaced end members, flexible longitudinal cross members and anchoring ropes secured to said end members near the ends thereof, sockets on said end members, an extension Wing comprising end members having elements adapted to enter said sockets, said Wing having flexible longitudinal and cross members, anchoring ropes connected With the end members of' the extension Wing at the ends thereof, a common means connecting all the ropes at each end of the device, said end members being rigid and having legs pivoted thereto.

Des Moines, Iowa, January 30, 1923.

CHARLES O. SEAMAN. 

